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Leonard
Pearlin
Senior
Research Scientist
Ph.D.
Columbia University, 1956
Office:
4101 Art-Sociology Building
Phone: 301 405-7706
Email: lpearlin@socy.umd.edu
Departmental
Specialty Areas:
Medical
Sociology, Aging
Leonard
Pearlin has been Graduate Professor and
Senior Research Scientist in the Department of
Sociology since 1995. He has received many honors
and awards over his career, including the Distinguished
Career Award for the Practice of Sociology from
the American Sociological Association in 1998,
and the Award for Career Contributions to the
Sociology of Mental Health, from the ASA Section
on the Sociology of Mental Health in 1996.
He
is past chair of the Medical Sociology Section
of American Sociological Association, (1986-87),
and past chair of the Section on the Sociology
of Mental Health (1994-95). He was editor of the
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1982-84)
and has served as an editorial consultant for
the American Sociological Review, American Journal
of Sociology, Sociology and Social Research, and
Social Forces. He has been on the Steering Committee
for Research on Health and Disease, and the National
Academy of Sciences. Dr. Pearlin has been a member
of myriad National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) Task Forces, including task forces on Research
into Social Problems and Minority Group Research.
He was a contributor on the National Research
Plan on Aging, and is a Grants Consultant for
the National Institute on Aging, National Science
Foundation, and the National Institute of Mental
Health. He was a member of the NIMH Life Course
Review Panel and served on the Board of Directors
for the National Alzheimer's Association.
His research centers on the
connection between people’s status location in
society, the stressors to which they are
exposed, and their health and well-being. His
current work focuses on the disparities in rates
of morbidity and mortality in society, focusing
on stress along the life course, in accounting
for health differences among groups differing in
education, gender, race, and economic resources.
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